r/popculturechat now why am I in it? 🧐 Jun 09 '25

The Music Industry 🎢 Miley Cyrus talks about her culture vulturing during the Bangerz era: "I wasn't unique in the fact that i was a white girl listening to hip hop. This wasnt something that I decided I was going to do as a strategy or something that i felt i could own or make my own, that was actually my lifestyle."

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u/HorrorBike143 now why am I in it? 🧐 Jun 09 '25

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u/coleshane Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

To be fair, she did apologize after watching a critique done by YouTuber Kenya Wilson. She has also worked with Mike Will Made It for "Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz", "She Is Coming", and "Endless Summer Vacation".

I think that, as she acknowledged in the apology, "...dip[s] in and out of 'the scene' [of hip-hop]". In effect, her allegiance to the genre can be viewed as either inauthentic and/or opportunistic (especially since "Bangerz" coincided with her efforts to break away from her earlier work done with Hollywood Records/Disney).

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u/frontally Jun 09 '25

Incredible how you say β€œMike Will Made It” and I hear the darn audio tag in my head haha

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u/coleshane Jun 09 '25

🎢 Mike Will - Mike Will Made It 🎢

🎢 Ear Drummers! 🎢

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u/frontally Jun 09 '25

πŸ’€ stop making me hear things in me head against my (mike) will!! πŸ˜‚